deorcian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *derkōn. Equivalent to deorc +‎ -ian.

Verb

deorcian

1. to darken, grow dark

Conjugation

Conjugation of deorcian (weak class 2)

infinitive	deorcian	deorcienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	deorciġe	deorcode
second person singular	deorcast	deorcodest
third person singular	deorcaþ	deorcode
plural	deorciaþ	deorcodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	deorciġe	deorcode
plural	deorciġen	deorcoden
imperative
singular	deorca
plural	deorciaþ
participle	present	past
	deorciende	(ġe)deorcod

Derived terms

• ādeorcian (“to obscure, darken, tarnish”)
• deorcung f (“twilight”)

Descendants

• Middle English: derken, darken
  • English: dark

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “deorcian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.